Amit Kumar Patidar
Pune
Summary
Accomplished Software Development Manager with 14 years of experience and a strong track record at Amdocs, leading cross‑functional teams to deliver innovative and high‑quality mainframe solutions in the telecom domain. Expert in Mainframe technologies, Agile practices, enterprise‑scale solution delivery and contributing to mainframe transformation initiatives by integrating GenAI driven automations. Known for insourcing, strong collaboration, building high‑performing teams and delivering outcomes aligned with business goals and customer expectations.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Development Manager
Amdocs
Pune
04.2022 - Current
- Lead a team of software engineers, test engineers, and architects responsible for multiple mainframe offerings, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
- Collaborate with different stakeholders, like testing partners, mainframe operations, and customers, to define product requirements, prioritize, and refine features, and ensure timely delivery.
- Proactively participate in every aspect of the entire software development lifecycle, including input on specifications, designs, development, implementation, test design, test implementation, optimization, and delivery.
- Lead and inspire the team while guiding them through agile methodologies, facilitating effective collaboration, and ensuring alignment with business goals.
Mainframe Team Lead
Amdocs
Pune
10.2016 - 03.2022
- Working as a duo of team lead and solution architect by managing a delivery/managed services team of 10 or more people.
- Communicating with various stakeholders to understand the requirements and to sync up with them.
- Involved in various work items: PMT, SMB, MWR, and RD work, along with the team, to ensure the quality and deliver all of them successfully in production without any major issues.
- Creating and managing the estimates, project plan, and resource allocations.
- Exhibit full responsibility while performing projects with full ownership.
- Mentoring and guiding the team in an efficient manner to meet their aspirations and goals.
- Leaded from the front and provided support in odd hours to ensure 100% compliance.
- Focused on quality work deliverables with minimum defects, and followed all standard processes and documentation.
- Ensured proactive communication with all stakeholders regarding task status, incidents, issues, and risk.
- Being a part of the Employee Engagement Care team, I successfully conducted various events at the team and line levels.
- Conducting team meetings in a timely manner to connect better with the team, to provide organizational updates, to know their issues and challenges, and helping them to resolve them.
Mainframe Developer
Syntel Ltd
Pune
12.2011 - 10.2016
- Coded the business logic, automated tools, error handling programs, and ad hoc tasks.
- Tested the programs, documented the results, and got involved in peer review.
- Supported SIT and UAT Testing
- Worked on the optimization of codes and implementing Lean Ideas.
- Coordinated with the business/client on requirements and the resolution of queries.
- Involved in various phases of the project, such as analysis, coding, and testing, and completed them successfully.
- Supporting critical issues on Release Day/Go-LIVE day
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
RGPV University
04-2011
HSSC(XII) -
MP Board
01.2006
HSC(X) -
MP Board
01.2004
Skills
Technical Skills
- Mainframe Technologies: COBOL, JCL, DB2, REXX, SAS
- Mainframe Modernization & Transformation
- GenAI based Automation & Productivity Enhancements
- CI/CD Pipelines & DevOps Practices
- Software Architecture & Design Principles
Leadership & People Management
- Leading and mentoring cross‑functional teams
- Performance management & career development
- Resource planning and workload management
- Hiring, onboarding & talent development
- Conflict resolution & team motivation
- Stakeholder communication and alignment
Project & Delivery Management
- Agile & Scrum methodologies
- Sprint planning, estimation & execution
- Release and deployment management
- Risk identification and mitigation
- Project budgeting & cost optimization
Certification
- ITIL Foundation Certified from AXELOS
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified from TUV SUD
- Basic DevOps certified from Amdocs (Internal)
- Basic Agile certified from Syntel (Internal)
- Db2 fundamental Certified from IBM
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct up to my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 10/10/89
Timeline
Software Development Manager
Amdocs
04.2022 - Current
Mainframe Team Lead
Amdocs
10.2016 - 03.2022
Mainframe Developer
Syntel Ltd
12.2011 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Engineering -
RGPV University
HSSC(XII) -
MP Board
HSC(X) -
MP Board